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The one-of-a-kind Cooper Flagg NBA Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card with splashy public offers from the Dallas Mavericks and a variety of collectors and auction houses was hit on Monday night. Rhody Breakers, which operates out of Baseball Cards of RI in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, pulled the card for a customer in a box…

The Lewis family, who own Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, are exploring a bid for the NBA Europe team in London. It would represent a foray into other sports for the family, who have owned Spurs since Joe Lewis acquired a controlling stake in 2001. The Lewis family own 70.12 per cent of ENIC, Tottenham’s…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. The NBA announced its opening-week schedule and Christmas Day slate today. To nobody’s surprise, LeBron James and the 76ers are featured heavily; they play the Knicks on opening night at Madison Square Garden, host the Cavaliers…

At this time of the NBA offseason, most teams typically have their roster work completed and find themselves ready for a new season. This has not been a normal offseason for the Miami Heat. Miami traded four players and three first-round picks (plus a first-round pick swap and a second-round pick) to pry two-time NBA…

Hope! That’s what the offseason is supposed to bring NBA fans when their team drafts a future star or signs a free agent who fills a clear need. And yet, sometimes we end up seeing a lot more concern than anything. Sometimes it’s the moves that didn’t happen that leave a franchise wondering, “Where do…

You can soon start making plans to watch your favorite NBA team. The league announced Monday that it will unveil some “signature” games of the 2026-27 schedule Tuesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today.” If the league follows its blueprint from last season, we can expect the Christmas slate, opening night games and…

A sealed box of 1986-87 Fleer Basketball cards, signed and inscribed by Michael Jordan, sold for $1.48 million in an eBay auction Sunday night. It’s the only unopened box of ’86 Fleer Basketball — the set includes his iconic rookie card, as well as those of multiple NBA legends like Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon and…

When Dirk Nowitzki was introduced for the first time as a Dallas Maverick in June 1998, it was far from obvious he would develop into an all-time great NBA player. Nowitzki, then a 20-year-old from Würzburg, Germany, sounded nervous as he addressed the media in English, his second language. He had a part down the…

No one in the NBA has had a better 2026 than Jalen Brunson. The New York Knicks star won an NBA title, was the NBA Finals MVP and became the king of New York (and New Jersey and probably half of Connecticut). The Knicks hadn’t won a title in 53 years before Brunson helped bring…

As news of Don Nelson’s death spread Sunday, tributes rushed in from former players, colleagues, teams and executives for the longtime NBA coach. Mark Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki, Luka Dončić, Stephen Curry and NBA commissioner Adam Silver were among the many to express their love and appreciation after Nelson’s family revealed he died Sunday morning at…